For its own set, Calexico chose its most thoughtful, panoramic songs.

Duncan Sheik broods over romance in thoughtful, tuneful songs.

Allmusic praised the album as the Kinks' coming-of-age, commenting that their raw early material was being replaced by more thoughtful and sophisticated songs.

For most of the decade, certain pop observers have been bemoaning the decline of thoughtful, melodic songs as rhythm and texture seize the foreground.

Salem 66's thoughtful songs and finely crafted guitar arrangements are an added attraction.

He writes thoughtful songs about characters with pawn-shop wedding rings and cars that burn oil, trying to pull themselves out of downward spirals.

'I wanted to write a thoughtful song about recent events, and it was important that I just didn't leap right in with an immediate gut reaction.'

An all-star version of the In Their Own Words series of songwriters' round tables is long on tearful, thoughtful songs.

Musically the album changed a lot from Verkligen, going a lot in the direction of slower, more thoughtful songs with more emotion.

But in the long run, it is Ms. Trachtenberg's thoughtful songs and creamy, plaintive alto that are reviving her career.